Love Poem: Who We Think We Are
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Written by: Vernon Witmer

Who We Think We Are

we think because we can hold
a dying baby
in the palm of one hand
we are strong.
we think because we can look
deep into the eye
of animals led to slaughter
we are mighty.
we think because we can wipe
away the tear 
of a motherless child
we have power.
but in all of this we are 
as we have always been
nothing.
we look for joy and find it 
we look for pain and find it
we learn we can find anything
if we open our eyes
love looks for you now
and it will find you 
because like trees in a forest
or flowers in a field
we all stand together,  
alone. 

waiting to be found.